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redesignating

redesignating is the present participle and gerund of redesignate.

Meaning of redesignate

Verb

redesignate (third-person singular simple present redesignates, present participle redesignating, simple past and past participle redesignated)

  1. (transitive) To designate again.
    • What happens when I arrive somewhere is they isolate me and notify the Regional office they want me transferred. The Regional takes a couple months to redesignate me, and when I get to the new place the same thing happens again.1988 April 16, John F. Harding, “Homophobic Merry-Go-Round”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Questions about redesignating

What is redesignating the present participle and gerund of?
Redesignating is the present participle and gerund of redesignate.

Words near redesignating in the dictionary

  1. redesignability
  2. redesignable
  3. redesignate
  4. redesignated
  5. redesignates
  6. redesignating
  7. redesignation
  8. redesignations
  9. redesigned
  10. redesigner
  11. redesigners

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